Car-frame.



No. 755,350.. PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904" G. M. BRILL & w. H. HEULIN'GS, JR.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1903.

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No. 755,350. PATENTED MAR. 22,1904. G. M. BRILL & W. H. HEULINGS, JR.

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APPLICATION FILED nun. 16. 1903.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE MARTIN BRILL AND WILLIAM H. HFULINGS, JR, OF PHILADEL- PHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN A. BRILL, OF PHILADEL- CAR-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,350, dated March 22, 1904.

Application filed March 16, 1903.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that we, GEORGE MARTIN BRILL and WILLIAM H. HEULINGS, Jr. citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Car-Frame, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a railway-car or similar vehicle, which is made either of metal or of metal and wood, with a rigid, firm, and durable floor-frame, which may be constructed out of simple castings and easily-obtained commercial irons.

Heretofore cars have been made with side sills comprising two channel-irons separated by interposed plates and'having their flanges extending in opposite directions, and stanchions or posts extend upwardly from said sills and provided with parallel grooves which terminate at the space between the channelirons, so that the end of a sash may rest between the said irons when the car-window is open. By our improved construction this separation of the channel-irons is rendered unnecessary and the sash rests at one side of the vertical web of a sill when the car-window is open. This enables us to utilize either channel-irons which are not separated or any other convenient form of iron for the sills of our car. ments in the car-frame, as will appear below.

For a more particular description of our invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a car-frame embodying our invention. is a side elevation of the same. Fig.3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are sectional views taken on the lines 4 4 and 5 5 and 6 6, respectively, of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 7 isa section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 2 looking in the'direction of the arrows.

8 is a perspective View of the chair, and Fig. 9 is a similar view of the chair secured to the sill.

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The floor-frame 1 may be provided with sills 2, which are connected at their ends in any suitable manner, and the frame is also provided with suitable bulfer-bars and bol- (Not shown.) The side sills 2 may be made integral or of two or. more parts and comprise a vertical web 3, a lower horizontal flange 4, and a reduced upper flange 5.

A chair 6 is fixed to the web 3 by bolts 7 or other suitable means. This chair 6 comprises a vertical plate 8,'from the center of which projects a seat 9, supported by brackets 10 and 11. Adjacent to the plate 8 the seat has a pocket formed by the vertical walls 12, 13, 14, and 15, the walls 14 being divided by a slot 16, as will appear below. The walls 13 and 15 where they are connected with the brackets 10 and bottom 1 are enlarged at 34, and thesaid walls and brackets are provided with guides or ridges 17 which form between them a groove 18, which is a continuation of the groove 19 in the stanchions or posts 20. The lower end of the post 20 rests against a web 26 onthe bottom 21 of the chair 6, and the bottom 21 extends to the outer end of the bracket 11 and is provided at its sides, with webs 22 and 23, which are connected at their inner ends by the Wall 14. The webs 22 and 23 have grooves 24formed at their bottom immediately above the seat 21, and these grooves extend beyond the wall 14 to .theplate 8. In Fig. 6 the walls 13 and 15 are shown closer together than the webs 22 and 23, but are not weakened by the groove 24 because of the enlargements 34. While it is more convenient to construct the chair in this way, it is obvious that the walls 13 and 15 may forma continuation of the webs 22 and 23, if desired.

The inverted T-beam 25that is, a T-beam with its vertical web above its horizontalis placed in the chair 6, so that the edges of its horizontal web 26 engage the walls of the recesses 24, and the said lower web covers the bottom 21, and the vertical web 27 passes through theslots 16in the walls 14, and the beam 25 terminates at the plates 8. The inverted T-beam 25 is secured to planks 28 and 29, which terminate at the walls 14, and thus form a crossing with the T-iron 25, on which the floor planking may be secured. The planks 29 and 28 extend from the lower web of the T-iron 25 to the top of the vertical webs 22 and23 of the'casting 6 and are grooved at 30 and 31 to receive the vertical web 27. Instead of using separate planks 28 29 a single plank properly grooved to receive the web 27 may be used.

The lower end of the stanchion 20 is reduced to fit between the walls 12, 13, 14, and 15, and at its lower end it is fitted to the T-iron 25. To the outer edges of the posts 20 any suitable sheathing or skin' 32 may be attached.

From the abovev it is apparent that when the crossings and sills have been united as described and the stanchions inserted the sashes of the car may slide in the grooves 19 and 18 to the cushion 33, placed on the upper surface of the web 4, whereby we obtain practically the same size opening for the car-windows as in the structure first described, and yet avoid the complicated form of divided sill with all the objections incidental to its use. Itis also evident that our invention enables a very strong and durable floor-frame to be produced at a minimum cost and that the frame may be reinforced by intermediate sills, if desired.

While we have shown and described one embodiment of our invention, it is obvious that many other embodiments may be made, and so we wish it to be understood that we do not regard our invention as limited to the structure herein set forth, but regard it as broad enough to cover all modifications which come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is 1. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured thereto, stanchions secured in said chairs, crossings extending between the chairs, and a tie-beam extending between the chairs.

2. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured thereto, parallel-guides on said chairs forming a groove between them, and a grooved stanchion fixed in said chairs so that the grooves in said stanchion form a continuation of the groove in the casting.

3. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured thereto and crossings uniting certain of said chairs, said crossings containing an inverted T-iron.

4. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, crossings connecting said sills, said crossings comprisinga T-iron, the vertical web of which is sandwiched in between two other members of the crossing.

5. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured thereto, crossings engaging said chairs and stanchions engaging said crossings and chairs.

6. Ina car or similar vehicle, side sills composed of inverted T-irons, chairs secured thereto, said chairs being provided with two seats, one for a stanchion and one for a crossing.

7. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs fixed to said sills, stanchions fixed to said chairs, and crossings connecting certain of said chairs and engaging the stanchions therein.

8. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured thereto, said chairs being provided with a vertical and slotted wall and crossings uniting certain of said chairs and passing through said slotted walls.

9. In a car or similar vehicle, crossings and stanchions engaging with said crossings.

10. In a car or similar vehicle, stanchions and crossings engaging therewith, said crossings comprising a T-bar sandwiched in between two other members.

11. As an article of manufacture, a crossing comprising a T-bar, the vertical Web of which is sandwiched in between two other members. 1

12. As an article of manufacture, a chair comprising a plate, a bottom extending therefrom, vertical Walls at the edges of said bottom.

13. As an articleof manufacture, a chair provided with a seat for a stanchion, and aseat for a crossing extending outwardly and horizontally from the stanchion-seat.

14. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with a seat for a stanchion, and an outwardly and horizontally extending seat for a crossing, the said seats being in the same vertical plane.

15. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with parallel ridges adapted to receive a sash.

16. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with parallel ridges adapted to receive a sash, and a seat for a crossing.

17. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with parallel ridges forming a groove which is adapted to receive a sash, and a seat for a stanchion.

18. As an article of manufacture, a chair with parallel ridges forming a groove between them adapted to receive a sash, and a seat made integral with said chair.

19. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with parallel ridges forming a groove between them, and means for engaging crossings and stanchions.

20. As an article of manufacture, a chair provided with parallel ridges forming a groove between them adapted to receive the sash, and seats for a stanchion and a crossing, said seats being separated by a partition.

21. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills, chairs secured to said sills, crossings secured in said chairs, side posts in said chairs, and resting on said crossings.

22. In a car or similar vehicle, angle-metal side sills, chairs secured thereto, inverted T- irons, crossings secured in said chairs, side posts resting on the lower webs of said crossings, and recessed to receive the upright web.

23. A car or similar vehicle, having inverted- T-iron side sills, chairs secured to the vertical web of said sills and resting on the lower horizontal web of said sills.

24. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills formed of inverted T-irons, chairs to receive the side posts and crossings, attached to the upright webs of said side sills and resting on one of the lower webs of said side sills.

25. A car having side sills, crossings composed of inverted T-irons and beams secured to said T-irons and resting on the lower webs thereof, and chairs secured to said side sills adapted to receive the ends of said T-iron crossings and beams.

26. In a car or similar vehicle, side sills of 20 angle-iron, chairs secured to said side sills, crossings secured in said chairs, and resting endwise against said side sills.

Signed in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this 6th day of 5 March, 1903.

GEORGE MARTIN BRILL. WM. H. HEULINGS, JR.

. Witnesses:-

- H. A. HEULINGS,

TERRENCE M. CUsKER. 

